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24 alternatives to Recycled a piano into a work desk
With a little paint and 2-3 days I recycled this 1910s piano into a work desk. Cost: paint and manual labor to pick up the piano from craigslist.I'm here to answer questions incase you are interested in doing the same.
This is a DIY project that transforms a broken vintage piano into a functional work desk. The creator repurposed a free 1910s piano from Craigslist by painting it and refitting it as a desk surface, completed in 2-3… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Recycled a piano into a work desk launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Haxophone▲526I built this during Covid. When I released it, some of the parts went out of stock or skyrocketed in price, no longer making this an economic DIY project. Now that things are getting back to almost normal, I thought I'd share it here and request feedback. This is a very niche project for people who like the same things I do: saxophones, Rust, mechanical keyboards and the Raspberry Pi.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I always found sheet music way too hard to read - and I literally spent a year at a company building a sheet music rendering engine. I wanted an app that would display music like the tutorials on YouTube, but not be focused on upselling lessons etc. like most current apps, and also would let me import my own files This works on MIDI files. If it’s a valid midi it probably plays. Since releasing, I did add a subscription for classical music - on a theory that most normal users don’t know what a midi file is. It changed about a month ago from an up front price to in app purchases and/or a…
2023 · jacobdoescode.com · its alternatives →
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Touch Pianist▲224Play piano like a pro without playing piano.
2015 · touchpianist.com · its alternatives →
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“Lend Me Your Ears” is an interactive web-based game inspired by the classic Simon toy (originally by Milton Bradley). It presents players with a sequence of musical notes and challenges them to reproduce the sequence using either an on-screen piano or a connected MIDI keyboard. Each correct response leads to a progressively more difficult sequence, testing the player’s concentration, memory, and pitch recognition. The game features two modes: - Simon Mode (focuses on auditory recall) - Practice Mode (displays standard sheet music notation to support learning) The game also includes options…
Jan 2026 · lend-me-your-ears.specr.net · its alternatives →
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Pianolyze▲149Hey HN, I'm a pianist who's always been obsessed with understanding how great players think through harmony. What voicings are they using? How do they voice lead through changes? What's actually happening under their hands? Back in 2022, I built Harmonic Analyzer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNgSgvUmiOs) – a Mac app that used ML to transcribe polyphonic piano recordings. It got some traction, but I never quite finished it. Requiring users to download a Mac app felt like unnecessary friction, and I didn’t want to limit distribution to Mac users. I just shipped Pianolyze…
Nov 2025 · pianolyze.com · its alternatives →
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Coffee Piano▲101Browser music and piano studio with visual harmony tools
May 2026 · coffeepiano.com · its alternatives →
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I made a software library for displaying piano music 7 years back, and recently ported it to the web (which is now easier than even ever). It displays sheet music as you play, and let's you take snapshots of specific chords, then keeps a running list of chords as keyboard visuals (instead of just displaying sheet music). Just a simple tool for songwriting/ figuring out songs by ear, or just understanding music key theory (which I'm admittedly a still a beginner at).
2025 · pianoboi.site · its alternatives →
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2015 · thepaintmaestro.com · its alternatives →
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I made this as a side project because I've always loved music but never had a real instrument or lessons. It started as a simple piano to play online, but grew into something more: - 100% free, no installation or login required - Multilingual interface (EN/ES/PT, more coming) - Works on desktop and mobile - Step-by-step mode to learn songs interactively Try it here: https://pianoeletronico.com.br/en It’s not professional software, just a free and fun way to make music. Feedback and ideas are very welcome!
2025 · pianoeletronico.com.br · its alternatives →
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Re-create Kanye's beats from his samples, with your keyboard
2015 · its alternatives →
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Interactive art experiment where MIDI songs become cities
2019 · meowni.ca · its alternatives →
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Create engaging lessons with colored music sheets
2024 · coloredmusicsheet.com · its alternatives →
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A synth piano synth that generates all of its audio files dynamically using JavaScript and data URIs. Choose from a variety of sounds styles and play with the looper, visual waveforms, and more.
2012 · mrcoles.com · its alternatives →
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